Dictionary definition · novel
noun
- an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
- a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction"his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"
adjective
- original and of a kind not seen before"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
- pleasantly new or different"common sense of a most refreshing sort"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).